Two of my work colleagues were blessed with a new arrival in their family a few weeks ago, and although I haven’t been chatting to Dan & Aimee as much as I normally would have done whenever I was working full time, I still keep in touch through the wonders of Facebook. And so I was thrilled to hear that their second child had arrived safe and well (all be it with a bit of reluctancy from what I hear)
To celebrate and congratulate, of course we needed a card. And of course it had to be pink!!
I mentioned last week that I was making Piper a little hat. It turned out so darn cute that I thought I would make one for Evie as well. This is a piccy of Piper’s. But Evies is the same but itty-bitty. (awww)
And because their first adorable girl has just became a big sister, this needed celebrating too. For Holly I made this little door plaque/ wall hanging. I sure hope those flowers survive the post.
Congratulations you guys!
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Another project that will likely end up in Piper’s room! Soon there won’t be an inch of free wall space!
When I started this project I thought I was making a kinda scrapbook layout… but then it sort of evolved! Does that ever happen to you?
This is a clean and simple project that makes good use of your punches. I took a piece of card and started sticking down punched squares of pattern paper. I’ve used the Quite Contrary paper from My Minds Eye – i love their bright, colourful style – I think it creates a happy mood! I decided to add some variety by dry embossing one square and heat embossing on another, and then I also swapped out some squares for buttons and punched flowers. But the show stopper must be the little cupcake charm!
After I had put everything together on the pink cardstock background, I came across this blank canvas. So i simply attached the card to the canvas using the two brads. Best thing is – If i want to reuse the canvas all i need to do is take out the brads and the front will just pop right off!
Products Used
Quite contrary papers MME
square punch
Flower punches
Circle punch
Buttons
Gluedots
Gems & pearls (meiflower)
Charm from Meiflower
swiss dots embossing folder
cuttlebug
heroarts houndstooth stamp
distress ink embossing ink pad
white embossing powder
glossy accents
Ribbon from meiflower
brads – trimcraft
Stamps – Unity Stamps
Broken china distress ink
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Cute huh? I can’t wait until Piper gets more hair on her head so I can have fun making her pretty hair accessories to match her outfits! But for now, i’ll have to just make them for me!
I already have some handmade hair accessories in my ‘hair-stuff drawer’ but wanted to use some felt with my dies and thought it would make a really cute hair barrette. What do you think? The photo makes the red look pretty intense, but its not that crazy i promise. lol.
Products used
Flower dies
Meiflower flower sequins
metallic thread
pearl bead
Guess I’ll have to go and buy some more pretty clothes to match my flowers (do you reckon i’ll get away with that?)
In other news…Piper and I are heading off to Northern Ireland tomorrow. I can’t figure out if im more excited or more scared! Im not looking forward to doing the journey with her on my own! But armed with a push chair and a moby wrap, and an abundance of nappies, hopefully we will make it without too much drama.
I cant believe she is 12 weeks tomorrow! They said it goes by fast! More photos to come shortly i promise.
Wish me luck for the flight, and dont worry, i’ll still be posting on the blog! Have a great day.
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